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Jason Atherton launched his new Mayfair restaurant, The Betterment, on Thursday. It is, coincidentally, across the square from Gordon Ramsay’s new Lucky Cat. Ramsay was Atherton’s boss for ten years, of course. Atherton’s project forms an integral part of the latest instalment in Hilton’s growing collection of luxury hotels, Hilton LXR Hotels & Resorts. It […]
Taiwanese bun shop Bao is planning to open its fifth site. Bao is reportedly launching at the bottom of Universal Music headquarters in Pancras Square, King’s Cross, and will do so alongside Sri Lankan restaurant Hoppers. Bao will open at the development following a licensing application for a new two-story restaurant, according to MCA. Eater […]
Harden’s weekly update of where the critics are eating, recommending or avoiding, for the week ending 15 September 2019. It’s slightly shorter than usual this week – we’re busy finalising Harden’s London Restaurants 2020 and sending it off to the printer; available soon in all good bookshops! OKN1, London N1 40 Hoxton Street might not […]
Brown’s Hotel is to launch a new restaurant on September 9. The Rocco Forte enterprise will open Charlie’s, named after Lord Charles Forte, under incoming chef director Adam Byatt, best-known for his Michelin-starred, much adored Trinity restaurant in Clapham. Charlie’s will celebrat the brand’s heritage, and will, an announced said, make sue of “authentic ingredients […]
The Pig hotel chain is expanding to Cornwall in 2020. It will be the seventh to open, and will follow the launch in Bridge, near Canterbury, Kent, in May. Another is expected in West Sussex later next year. For now, all eyes are on the Cornish outpost, which is positioned in Harlyn Bay near Padstow […]
Joël Robuchon International is to launch two London restaurants this year. Le Comptoir Robuchon will open in Clarges Street, Mayfair, in October, while Le Deli Robuchon on Piccadilly will launch in November. The openings follow the closure of L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon in London’s Covent Garden in April (no real loss whatsoever). Robuchon, a French […]
Catering company Tart London is to launch a neighbourhood restaurant in October. Wild by Tart is the work of founders Jemima Jones and Lucy Carr-Ellison, who have have teamed up with Tom Warren of Lock Studios, a photography and events space in Hoxton. The restaurant will be housed a former power station and coal store […]
Tom Kerridge is opening a restaurant in Manchester. The Bull & Bear, in the Stock Exchange Hotel on Norfolk Street, will launch on November 15, and will feature Kerridge’s famed style of cooking, where British classics are refined, yet in a casual sort of fashion. Kerridge – spread increasingly thin now with The Hand & […]
Harden’s unveiled the winners of its definitive 2019 London Restaurant Awards at a glittering gala ceremony in the Grand Ballroom of The Langham, London, sponsored by England’s finest sparkling wine, Gusbourne. Nominations for the awards are derived statistically from Harden’s 29-year-old annual survey of UK restaurant-goers. This year, 7,500 people contributed 50,000 nominations within the […]
Harden’s regular round-up of the restaurant critics’ meals, from the week ending 8 September 2019. Wun’s, London W1 For this week’s review, Jay Rayner for The Observer was tempted “to shove just five words at you and leave it at that: sugar skin Iberico char siu”. “The expansion of the Chinese food experience in the […]
